めく
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Japanese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimate derivation unknown. Possibly related to suffix む (-mu, “to seem like, to look like, to behave like”) and derivative める (-meru, “to make something seem like, look like, behave like”); compare also 目 (me, “eye”).
The suffix is first attested in the Tosa Nikki of 935.[1] Use as a standalone verb appears much later in works from the early 1800s.[1]
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Suffix[edit]
めく • (-meku) godan (stem めき (-meki), past めいた (-meita))
- [from 935] to show signs of, to have the appearance of, to look like, to seem like
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of "めく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | めか | meka | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | めき | meki | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | めく | meku | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | めく | meku | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | めけ | meke | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | めけ | meke | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | めかれる | mekareru | |
| Causative | めかせる めかす |
mekaseru mekasu | |
| Potential | めける | mekeru | |
| Volitional | めこう | mekō | |
| Negative | めかない | mekanai | |
| Negative continuative | めかず | mekazu | |
| Formal | めきます | mekimasu | |
| Perfective | めいた | meita | |
| Conjunctive | めいて | meite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | めけば | mekeba | |
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
- 粧す (mekasu)
- 蠢く (ugomeku)
- 呻く (umeku)
- からめく (karameku)
- きらめく (kirameku)
- くるめく (kurumeku)
- 殊更めく (kotosarameku)
- さざめく (sazameku)
- ときめく (tokimeku)
- どよめく (doyomeku)
- 謎めく (nazomeku)
- はためく (hatameku)
- 犇めく (hishimeku)
- 閃く (hirameku)
- ふためく (futameku)
- 古めく (furumeku)
- めくるめく (mekurumeku)
- 揺らめく (yurameku)
- よろめく (yoromeku)
- わめく (wameku)
Verb[edit]
めく • (meku) intransitive godan (stem めき (meki), past めいた (meita))
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of "めく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | めか | meka | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | めき | meki | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | めく | meku | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | めく | meku | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | めけ | meke | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | めけ | meke | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | めかれる | mekareru | |
| Causative | めかせる めかす |
mekaseru mekasu | |
| Potential | めける | mekeru | |
| Volitional | めこう | mekō | |
| Negative | めかない | mekanai | |
| Negative continuative | めかず | mekazu | |
| Formal | めきます | mekimasu | |
| Perfective | めいた | meita | |
| Conjunctive | めいて | meite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | めけば | mekeba | |
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “めく”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)
[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
